Scripted Snapchat?

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/fashion/why-a-spielberg-and-a-goldwyn-passed-over-their-dads-hollywood-for-snapchat.html?ref=technology&_r=0

            At first glance I'm sure you all are wondering how this article has anything to do with new media and technology.  At first glance the article looks like its about two girls, who come from well known families, who are just trying to make their own names for themselves.  All of this is true as that is what the focus of the article is about but if you look deeper into the article you can see that it does deal with new media and technology.

            The main parts of the article are about how Emily Goldwyn and Sasha Spielberg grew up.  They became friends at a young age and then over the years became closer and closer meeting at summer camps and spending five years together at an all girls school in LA.  After a couple years and two undergraduate degrees, the two friends decided to come together again and work on something completely new for media and technology.  They have been writing and starring in a mini series for the app Snapchat called "Literally Can't Even".  Not only has the series had four episodes so far with a fifth on on the way, they plan on coming back for a second season. 

            These two ladies along with Snapchat have been doing something that is definitely at the forefront of new media and technology.  We're talking about an app in Snapchat that has created a new way to communicate with people from all over the place with pictures and it seems like they are trying to change another realm of technology in this mini series.  I think its pretty remarkable if you think about the idea of having an app bring you very short television shows essentially.  If this starts to catch on and more and more apps start to create their own series, the whole idea of where media and entertainment would come from could change.  All thanks to new technology that we don't really even think about till it's right in front of us.